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Primus No2 Paraffin Stove

Accession Number

1417.2017.1

Object Name

Primus No2 Paraffin Stove

Created

26/10/2017

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

26/10/2017

Brief Description

Large Primus No2 paraffin stove with three legs and pot holder

Materials

brass, iron

Dimensions

27(H) x 21(DIAMETER) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

"TRADE PRI-MUS PRIMUS NO.2 MADE IN SWEDEN"
circle with "O26" on base

Colour

gold, brown

Maker

Primus

Object Production Place

Sweden

Provenance

The primus paraffin pressure stove first appeared in 1892, brainchild of Swedish inventor Frans Wilhelm Lindquist. This was a time before the world had electricity and most of the early Primus stoves were destined for the domestic market with the great outdoor movement a decade or two away.
So our monster Primus No2 was not destined for the rucksacks of lusty mountaineers, more for the kitchens of lusty housewives, though they were popular with the Boy Scout/Girl Guide fraternity. Also for use in mountain base camps which is where this one began life.
Dick Gowers, its previous owner, was one of the many Glasgow shipyard workers who escaped to the great outdoors at weekends and ‘drummed up’ on whatever source of heat they could find - often an open fire and maybe a Primus such as this that could be ‘ borrowed’ from the kitchen or bought for a few pence at the ‘Barras’
If only it could tell its own story! Thanks to Dick’s grandson, Stephen Gibson, for passing on this nice piece of Swedish and Scottish history.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Stephen Gibson

Acquisition Date

26/10/2017

Condition Check Date

26/10/2017

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

26/10/2017

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